WTF Moments In Psychotherapy: My 30 Years Of Practice Confronting The GODS of Absurdity, Fables, Fibs, Whoppers & Bullsh-t
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00QO3WRT4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 198 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Meet, Sluggo & Sweetums, The Lady Medusa, The Kerosene Kid, Retread & The Messiah, Joe The Entertainer and many, many more. A few other comments describing the books characters referenced Charles Darwin stating that the stories may make you question Darwin's Theory of Evolution and the Survival of the Fittest. Take a 30 year uncharted voyage through some of Jere's most baffling, puzzling and down right quirky experiences in his three decades as a therapist. A field in which if you are not careful you'll end up taking care of everyone but yourself. The quirky cast of individuals doesn't just include past clients but the author himself, after his return from, god only knows where, to somewhere close to normalcy. George Carlin said, "you may have got the monkey off your back but that doesn't mean the circus has left town." I believe that statement represents many of the individuals addressed in my book. Caution: The book is not meant as an instructional book teaching psychotherapy techniques, offering psychotherapy tools or psychotherapy approaches. The book description is best stated and summed up by Erma Bombeck, when she said there exists a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. I have other self-help or psychotherapy books that deal with emotions like anger control and the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). While many readers love the off-beat and cynical humor spread throughout the writ
Just terrible. Stories that may have been humorous became simply Just terrible. Stories that may have been humorous became simply tedious given the author's poor use of sarcasm.. "I'm an innnocent victim of THE SYSTEM, Your Honor!" according to Whistlers Mom. There are NO guilty people in jails and prisons (or out on parole or probation.) All have been unfairly trapped by THE SYSTEM. Cast your mind back to all the hysterically funny, totally unbelievable excuses offered by arrestees on "Cops." That's just the start. Several days in jail or a detox unit gives these creative geniuses time to think up even wilder stories, which they then relate to the counselor whose job is to assess th. "Total waste of money and time" according to Amazon Customer. I was really surprised at the crude language the therapist used in his narrative. It was completely unprofessional and offensive. It wasn't the patients talking that way, it was the so-called professional. I read a little of this and deleted it from my kindle. The first few scenarios were not funny, they were just stupid. I've been in therapy and if I thought my therapist talked about me this way, I would get a different therapi